At this moment, Ximen Zhan Ying was squatting next to a corpse at the entrance of the cave, holding a silver needle in his hand, which was piercing into the throat and the veins of the corpse successively.

Qu Xiaocang, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't say a word, just checked the ground very carefully, and moved a distance of seven or eight steps, after a while, he got up and walked towards the entrance of the cave.

Qu Xiaocang checked the environment nearby, and finally walked in front of Qi Ning and sighed, "Lu Shanghe was taken away?" ”

Qi Ning nodded and asked, "What clues can Captain Qu find?" This song Xiaocang has been tinkering inside and out for a long time, and Qi Ning naturally knows that he is collecting clues.

Qu Xiaocang groaned slightly, and finally said: "These corpses outside, there is not a single new injury on the body, let alone a fatal injury, and after examination, they do not have any toxins in their bodies. ”

Suzaku was shocked and said, "No scars? It's not poisoning, that...... Why did they die? ”

"This needs to be carefully examined after the autopsy." Qu Xiaocang said: "But this is to send the corpse to the capital, and careful inspection may be able to find a clue." ”

Xuanwu Fang also checked the corpse, and indeed as Qu Xiaocang said, no fatal injuries were found on the corpses, and he was also surprised in his heart, since these people were not fatally injured, why did they all die.

"It seems that Lu Shanghe's comrades have already infiltrated Gurung and took the opportunity to rescue him." Ximen Zhan Ying frowned beside him and said, "Second Senior Brother, should we immediately send someone to Shadow Crane Villa to arrest someone, even if he doesn't dare to go back, we can arrest some of his disciples for interrogation." ”

"Naturally, it is impossible for him to go back, this person is secretive, even if he catches him, he may not be able to find any clues." Qu Xiaocang shook his head slightly: "I'm just wondering now whether he was rescued by someone." ”

Qi Ninghu said suspiciously: "Captain Qu, what do you mean by this?" ”

Qu Xiaocang said: "You let Lu Shanghe be imprisoned here, and sent eight people to guard here, plus Lu Shanghe, that is, nine people." In addition to them, a group of five of us rushed over, and fourteen people came to the Old Dragon Cave. He pointed to the ground: "I have only carefully inspected the ground, there are a total of fourteen people's new footprints, and the size of the footprints has been measured, the footprints of thirteen people happen to echo us, and the remaining pair of footprints should be Lu Shanghe's." ”

Xuanwu and Suzaku glanced at each other, thinking that Qu Xiaocang had tossed for a long time, it turned out that he wanted to check the footprints, and he was able to make more than a dozen pairs of footprints in such a short period of time, and the people from the Shenhou Mansion were indeed good.

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "No, there are at least fifteen people's footprints." Lu Shanghe was rescued, you look at the surrounding environment, there is only one way for us to enter, and it is impossible to enter the Old Dragon Cave from other places, so the footprints of the person who rescued Lu Shanghe should also be left. ”

"That's what I thought, too." Qu Xiaocang said: "The corpse did not have any injuries, and all eight people died here inexplicably, which is naturally extremely strange." And if you look at the posture and demeanor of these eight corpses before they died, except for one person with a look of horror in his eyes, the other seven corpses were slightly painful, but there was no fear or surprise ........in their expressions! ”

"Only Cao Yang's expression is different from the others." Qi Ning nodded slightly and said: "Lu Shanghe is seriously injured, and he is tied up, Cao Yang and the others are not ordinary people, under serious injuries, it is impossible for Lu Shanghe to kill these eight people alone, and he can retreat calmly, so someone must save him." Wei Yi groaned, and then said: "Does it mean that only Cao Yang saw the murderer?" ”

"It can be explained this way." Qu Xiaocang said: "But I can't be sure." Gang Leader Wei, two elders, when you saw the corpse just now, did you find something special? ”

"What's special?"

Qu Xiaocang said: "Except for Cao Yang mentioned by Gang Master Wei, when the other seven people were dying, they all pressed their right hands on their hearts, and it seemed that there was a problem with the position ......of their hearts, so I immediately thought that it was probably venom attacking the heart, but after examining the corpses, none of them were poisoned!" "If they had a frightened look on their faces, I might have been able to tell that they were frightened to death, but in fact they weren't, so it's really puzzling." ”

"Cao Yang and these brothers are all experienced in a hundred battles, how can they be frightened to death?" Xuanwu said lightly: "It must be the opponent who injured them with evil kung fu." ”

Qu Xiaocang said: "It makes sense. Gang Master Wei said that there should be at least fifteen people's footprints, and the real murderer is that no matter how high his martial arts are, it is impossible not to leave footprints, so I carefully checked .......! He paused for a moment before he said, "But it is true that there are only fourteen people's footprints." ”

Ximen Zhan Sakura's face changed color slightly, and he couldn't help but ask: "Second senior brother, what ...... Aren't there the murderer's footprints? The murderer must not fly from the sky. ”

"Maybe it's really flying." Qu Xiaocang sighed: "But as far as I know, there is no trace of coming and going, not even a trace of footprints can be left, this kind of martial arts, even today's top masters can't do it." ”

Including Qi Ning, the eyes of several people showed a hint of surprise.

Killing people is invisible, saving people without a trace, is it a ghost?

"Elder Vermilion Bird, is this the only exit from the Old Dragon Cave?" Qi Ning turned to look at Suzaku.

Suzaku nodded and said: "Only this place, the old dragon cave is not dug by manpower, but is made naturally, I have entered it twice before, and I am sure that there is no other exit." ”

"If that's the case, when Lu Shanghe leaves, he can only go out through this hole." Qi Ning looked at Qu Xiaocang and asked, "Captain Qu naturally checked the footprints of Lu Shanghe's departure. ”

Qu Xiaocang walked to the edge of the cave, squatted down, pointed to a place and said, "If the footprints of the fourteenth person are Lu Shanghe, then after he comes out, he will disappear in this place, and there will be no further step forward." ”

Qi Ning moved to the place where Lu Shanghe disappeared, and looked around, there was a mountain wall on one side, and Longtan Lake on the other side, and then he looked up, and above the old dragon cave was also a steep stone wall, more than ten zhang high, and it was impossible for manpower to climb up.

"Could it be jumping into the lake?" Ximen Zhan Ying suddenly thought of something: "Second Senior Brother, is it possible that the murderer came up from the lake, so he couldn't find the footprints?" ”

Qu Xiaocang shook his head and said: "If the murderer sneaks from the lake, he will have traces of water when he goes ashore, I checked the soil, and there is no sign of moisture, and even if he comes up from the lake, after he goes ashore, there should be footprints." If Lu Shanghe escaped from the lake by the time he left, it was not very likely. Pointing to Longtan Lake, "Jumping from here to Longtan Lake, there is also some distance, jumping into the lake from such a distance, not to mention that there will be a sound, at least there will be splashing water on the shore, but there is no trace of splashing water on the shore." ”

Qi Ning only felt that it was getting more and more strange, looked up at the steep mountain wall above the cave entrance, and pondered for a moment before saying, "If you don't come from the path, or leave from the lake, you can only come down from above." ”

Qu Xiaocang also raised his head and sighed: "If there is such a means, then the martial arts of the person who rescued Lu Shanghe are really appalling, and in the whole world, I am afraid that only a great grandmaster can do it." ”

As soon as the word "Great Grandmaster" came out, several people changed color slightly, and Qi Ning was even more heartbroken.

Qu Xiaocang continued: "If it is really a great grandmaster, then all this can be explained. The great grandmaster's martial arts are superb, and he comes and goes without leaving a trace, so naturally he can do it, these eight beggar brothers were killed in an instant, and they didn't even make any reaction, and only the great grandmaster could do it. His eyebrows tightened, and he said, "But among the five great grandmasters, who is likely to come to Gurung and rescue Lu Shanghe?" ”

Qi Ning suddenly thought of Lu Shanghe's nameless swordsmanship, that set of swordsmanship was extremely similar to the sword score drawn by the sword god Beigong, if there were people among the five great grandmasters who had something to do with Lu Shanghe, then the biggest suspicion was Beigong Liancheng.

But Beigong Liancheng is transcendent from the world, how could he bend down to save Lu Shanghe? And with his martial arts, even if he didn't kill these beggar gang disciples, he should be able to take Lu Shanghe away, but why did he have to be so ruthless?

Could it be that the instigator behind Lu Shanghe turned out to be Beigong Liancheng?

Qi Ning himself was shocked by such a possibility, and only felt that it was really incredible.

But when he thought about it, he felt that it was really unlikely.

If Baihu and Lu Shanghe were instructed by Beigong Liancheng to murder Xiang Baiying, then why did Beigong want to kill Xiang Baiying? Beigong Liancheng's martial arts are transcendent, if he wants to kill Xiang Baiying, it is definitely not a difficult thing, so why borrow the hands of others, and even carefully plan, this does not make sense.

"Gang Master Wei, this matter is very important." Qu Xiaocang thought for a moment before saying, "We must rush back to the capital immediately, present this matter, and we will definitely do our best to investigate this matter." ”

Qi Ning knew that such a thing had happened, and it would be strange if the Shenhou Mansion didn't care about it, so he nodded and said: "Lu Shanghe is the enemy of the beggar gang, and the beggar gang will also go out to search for Lu Shanghe's whereabouts, Captain Qu, no matter who finds Lu Shanghe first, inform each other, and the beggar gang will also cooperate with the Shenhou Mansion to find the real culprit behind the scenes." ”

Qu Xiaocang arched his hand and said: "In this way, it will be tiring." He bowed his hand to the two Xuanwu again, and then said, "Little junior sister, let's go." ”

Ximen Zhanying glanced at Qi Ning, saw that Qi Ning was looking at him with a smile, and hurriedly saluted Qi Ning, then turned around and left with Qu Xiaocang.

After the two of them left, Xuanwu said, "Gang Master Wei, do you really think that it will be the Great Grandmaster who rescued Lu Shanghe?" ”

"At present, there is no evidence to prove that it was the Great Grandmaster who rescued Lu Shanghe." Qi Ning shook his head: "There is no evidence, so we can't speculate randomly." Maybe the murderer has other ways that we can't think of, but in this matter, the beggar gang and the Shenhou Mansion should jointly investigate, and the murderer killed several of our brothers, so we naturally can't give up. ”